It is an outrage that the Chilean Minister of Agriculture questions the Peruvian origin of pisco, says journalist Ítalo Sifuentes

The Regional Committee for Latin America and the Caribbean of the UNESCO Memory of the World Programme agreed to the registration in its Register of documents that confirm the Peruvian origin of pisco. These manuscripts date from 1587 and 1613 and were found this year by the General Archive of the Nation. However, despite this recognition, the Chilean Minister of Agriculture, Esteban Valenzuela, has caused controversy after his recent statements, in which he claims that the origin of the drink is shared between his country and Peru. "Pisco is Chilean and Peruvian. And Peruvians are the ones who, when there is a country that recognises Chilean pisco, sue us and we have to go around defending ourselves. And that is why they do not allow us to sell them pisco. Chile triples its production and we export much more pisco than they do," he said in an interview with Meganoticias. In response to what was mentioned by the Chilean official, the journalist and writer Ítalo Sifuentes described ...